The Rona Jaffe Foundation
Private foundation · Dix Hills, NY · EIN 13-3383860 · reported 2023–2025
242grants reported
$25Kmedian award
$15Klower quartile
$1,000smallest grant
$6.9Mtotal paid
17states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 4 of its 242 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $10K in total. That is what it paid, not what it says in a policy.
Gives every year. This foundation reported grants in 2023, 2024, 2025. A funder that shows up year after year is worth a letter even if this year is a no.
Where to write
21 Wildwood Dr
Dix Hills, NY 11746-6039
Address as registered with the IRS. Most foundations this size have no website and no application form, which is not a dead end: a short letter to this address is the whole process, and almost nobody sends one.
Who they funded
| Recipient and stated purpose | Where | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center GENERAL OPERATIONS, VISIBLE INK PROGRAM & ENDOWED FELLOWSHIP | New York, NY | $277,500 |
| Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center ENDOWED CHAIR | Seattle, WA | $200,000 |
| Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center ENDOWED CHAIR | Seattle, WA | $200,000 |
| Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center GENERAL OPERATIONS & VISIBLE INK PROGRAM | New York, NY | $190,000 |
| Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center GENERAL OPERATIONS & VISIBLE INK PROGRAM | New York, NY | $180,000 |
| Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation HEALTHY STORIES PROGRAM | Pittsburgh, PA | $100,000 |
| New York Public Library SUMMER READING PROGRAM & CULLMAN CENTER | New York, NY | $85,000 |
| New York Public Library SUMMER READING PROGRAM & CULLMAN CENTER | New York, NY | $85,000 |
| New York Public Library SUMMER READING PROGRAM & CULLMAN CENTER | New York, NY | $75,000 |
| Island Harvest GENERAL OPERATIONS AND BACKPACK PROGRAM | Melville, NY | $70,000 |
| Groove With ME | New York, NY | $65,000 |
| Vermont Foodbank GENERAL OPERATIONS AND FLOOD RECOVERY | South Barre, VT | $65,000 |
| Island Harvest GENERAL OPERATIONS AND BACKPACK PROGRAM | Melville, NY | $65,000 |
| Doctors Without Borders | New York, NY | $60,000 |
| Doctors Without Borders | New York, NY | $60,000 |
| Island Harvest GENERAL OPERATIONS AND BACKPACK PROGRAM | Melville, NY | $60,000 |
| Doctors Without Borders | New York, NY | $60,000 |
| Equality Now | New York, NY | $50,000 |
| Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center | Seattle, WA | $50,000 |
| Friends of School in the Square | New York, NY | $50,000 |
| Planned Parenthood of Greater New York | New York, NY | $50,000 |
| Vermont Foodbank | South Barre, VT | $50,000 |
| Planned Parenthood of New York City | New York, NY | $50,000 |
| Equality Now | New York, NY | $50,000 |
| Planned Parenthood of New York City | New York, NY | $50,000 |
| Vermont Foodbank GENERAL OPERATIONS AND FLOOD RECOVERY | South Barre, VT | $50,000 |
| Equality Now | New York, NY | $45,000 |
| Anti-Defamation League | New York, NY | $40,000 |
| Art Start | New York, NY | $40,000 |
| Friends of School in the Square | New York, NY | $40,000 |
| Anti-Defamation League | New York, NY | $40,000 |
| Friends of School in the Square | New York, NY | $40,000 |
| Fine Arts Work Center | Provincetown, MA | $37,500 |
| Fine Arts Work Center | Provincetown, MA | $37,500 |
| Fine Arts Work Center | Provincetown, MA | $37,500 |
| 826 NYC | Brooklyn, NY | $35,000 |
| Birthday Wishes | Sudbury, MA | $35,000 |
| Groove With ME | New York, NY | $35,000 |
| New York University CREATIVE WRITING FELLOWSHIP | New York, NY | $35,000 |
| Retreat Farm | Brattleboro, VT | $35,000 |
| The Dome Project | New York, NY | $35,000 |
| 826 NYC | Brooklyn, NY | $35,000 |
| Retreat Farm | Brattleboro, VT | $35,000 |
| The Dome Project | New York, NY | $35,000 |
| 826 NYC | Brooklyn, NY | $35,000 |
| Birthday Wishes | Natick, MA | $35,000 |
| Groove With ME | New York, NY | $35,000 |
| Retreat Farm | Brattleboro, VT | $35,000 |
| The Dome Project | New York, NY | $35,000 |
| New York University CREATIVE WRITING FELLOWSHIP | New York, NY | $30,500 |
| New York University CREATIVE WRITING FELLOWSHIP | New York, NY | $30,500 |
| Art Start | New York, NY | $30,000 |
| Brooklyn College Foundation CREATIVE WRITING FELLOWSHIP | Brooklyn, NY | $30,000 |
| Brooklyn Community Housing and Services | Brooklyn, NY | $30,000 |
| Children's Literacy Foundation | Waterbury Center, VT | $30,000 |
| City Harvest | New York, NY | $30,000 |
| City Meals on Wheels | New York, NY | $30,000 |
| Family Legal Care | New York, NY | $30,000 |
| Legal Outreach | Long Island City, NY | $30,000 |
| Manhattan Theater Club MTC EDUCATION PROGRAM | New York, NY | $30,000 |
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